Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed Is the U.S. Military?
On a planet where no other military spends as much, the US is incapable of winning a thing.
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Recork the Champagne: Sweden’s NATO Accession Deal With Turkiye Still Faces Hurdles
Lack of trust has both sides wanting the other to fulfill their end of bargain first.
Read more...Empty Office Spaces Can Be Converted to Residential Buildings – But It Won’t Be Affordable
What if we convert redundant office space to affordable living space or public housing and quit with the return-to-office pressure?
Read more...Links 7/14/2023
Germany Unveils Strategy to “De-Risk” from China
Plan is short on details as Berlin says it wants to coordinate its policy with the EU, which wants to coordinate its policy with Washington.
Read more...Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads
New assisted reproductive technologies are creating ethical dilemmas.
Read more...June 2023 Was the World’s Warmest June on Record
The month featured unprecedented Canadian heat and wildfires, record-low Antarctic sea ice, and a strengthening El Niño.
Read more...Links 7/12/2023
Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”
And why finding reforms to our current economic system is a Sisyphean task.
Read more...As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending
A state court, citing “eye-popping” executive compensation, strikes down a hospital’s property tax break and strikes fear into the nonprofit hospital industry across the US.
Read more...Links 7/10/2023
Underestimate Russia at Your Own Risk: A Comparison of Hubris by Germany During WWII and Today’s Collective West
The miscalculations by Berlin in the second world war and Washington/NATO today are eerily similar.
Read more...Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl
Juan Cole examines the US climate change crimes against Iraq and how the neocon’s destructive foreign adventures are increasingly as if the US is invading itself.
Read more...The Impact of Brexit on the UK economy: Reviewing the Evidence
Two-thirds of the British public think Brexit has damaged the economy, and all indications are that they’re right. Where does the UK go from here?
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